Bobcats snap back against Pella Christian

September 5, 2012

The Marshalltown High School volleyball squad played with the emotion she felt the team was lacking in the Bobcats' 2-3 showing at the Pat Apgar Invitational, firing off a 3-1 win over Pella Christian in Tuesday's non-conference match.

Senior middle hitter Miranda Smith finished with 21 kills in 28 attempts and only two errors - a .679 hitting percentage - to power the Bobcats to a 25-14, 25-10, 22-25, 25-13 triumph after what Westendorf and the squad considered a dismal weekend.

"They were all doing what they needed to do," Westendorf beemed. "Even the loss was not a bad thing. They were just fantastic."

Smith's 21 kills stands as the fifth-most prolific single-match performance across the state so far this season.